I have a 2005 Pt Cruiser and the engine light came on the other day and it started to **** really bad when I accelerated. It does not happen all the time. It happened Thursday and then the light went off Friday. Now it is Monday and it happened again. It acted like it was loosing power when it was jerking.
The error code I got said P0344 which means camshaft position sensor circiut intermittent. I do not know much about cars but I need to fix it immediatly on my own, but I do not know what to do so if anyone can walk me though what I can do I would appreciate it.
I have finally found the problem, check your wire harness from the camshaft position sensor to the main wire bundle. Mine had a bad wire because it was secured and it laid across the coolant hoses running by the harness. I wrapped the wires and secured them with wire ties as best I could and it seems to have fixed the issue.
Posted on May 15, 2009
I have a 2005 PT Cruiser and while I am driving it will start to stall and lose power but doesn't completely shut down. I have taken it in about five times now and it seem they can't find the problem. Any ideas would be appreciated
HEY EVERYONE.... SORRY FOR THE CAPS BUT I FINALLY FOUND SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN AND GOT THIS PROBLEM FIXED FOR FREE!!!!!!!! Now I have about 20 forums to go back to and save hundreds of PT Cruiser Owners the time money and aggrevation we have all experienced.
I have to give my friend John (now in my opinion the best auto mechanic in South Florida) the credit. Took him 10 minutes to give me the answer, took several Chrysler dealerships about 5 visits and weeks of diagnostics to finnaly agree with him!
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Quote from dealer service receipt "check vehicle for stalling. found catalytic converter plugged up. Replaced catalytic converter."
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Posted on Oct 05, 2008
I have a 2005 Chrysler PT Cruiser Turbo. Had both O2 sensors replaced but check engine light continues to go on and off. The car drives well, just the check engine light. Don't know what to do next
the sensor heater circuits have to be diagnosed; you probably didn't need to replace them.
Posted on Mar 14, 2013
2005 pt cruiser won't start won't crank, everything works
When you turn the key on the ASD relay should turn on the fuel pump and power the injector, Do this lets cheat the system go to the ASD rely open the cover expose the inside have some one turn the key on does the ASD make contact? If not turn the key on collpase the ASD so it make contact do you hear the fuel pump come on? Now try this just as how you iopen the ASD do the same to the starter relay. Put the car in gear e brake on someone in the vehicle in case the car start and you are in front of it and it runs you over so at least they step on the brakes. Key on ASD exposed as your collapse the starter relay does the ASD relay turn on? Here why if you can control all the relay from under the hood you will need a ignition switch (the eletrical part)
Posted on Feb 24, 2012
how do you reset low tire light
1. check and make sure that your tires are inflated to the correct pressure
2. turn the ignition switch to the ON position. If the low tire
pressure warning light comes on, push and hold the tire pressure
warning reset switch (think the switch is in the glovebox, but not sure) until the warning light turns
off and then release the switch.
3. now press and hold the tire pressure warning reset switch until the low tire pressure warning light blinks three times.
4. initialization is *not* completed until driving at the vehicle speed
of 19 mph or over for more than one hour. the tire pressure monitoring
starts when initialization is completed.
Posted on Aug 20, 2009
PUT IN NEW BATTERY, THEN DASH SAYS NO FUSE, DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK NOW , RADIO AND INTERIOR LIGHTS. HAD SOMEONE PLUG IN TO CHECK FUSES AND THEY READ OK. WHAT COULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM?
I hve the same problem go under the hood for the fuse box you will c a fuse that has a blk clip around the whole fuse it self to open it use a small screw driver the ones u use for ur glasses nd open it c if it needs to be changed out if good jst unplug it nd c wat it does on my car I jst unpluged it nd now everything working I think its called a iud some wired name but u can't miss it good luck
Posted on Jan 02, 2013
I got a MIL code of P0031(front O2 sensor heater low V) & P0037 (rear O2 sensor heater low V) on my 2005 PT cruiser. I replaced both sensors, reset codes. 1 day later same codes appeared. What could this mean?
I had a similar problem with my car. It turned out the O2 sensors were fine and the issue was a leak in the throttle body causing the engine to run lean. If you have an ODB2 scanner you can look at fuel trims, etc and will be able to tell.
Posted on Mar 28, 2010
locate fuse #15
You find it here.
Fuse box diagram and description for Chrysler PT Cruiser
Chrysler PT Cruiser 2001 2005 fuse box diagram Auto Genius
Posted on Apr 24, 2016
2005 pt cruiser. convertible top and windows stopped working. Fuses look good.
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Posted on Mar 18, 2011
The front passenger seat doesn't recline. The handle seems to work perfectly
This one is pretty easy to figure out. Your seatback isn't working correctly. Okay, I'll grant that my answer may seem pretty obvious, but, it really isn't, please hear me out.
When you yank on the handle the pawl that engages and locks the seatback into position, so that it won't move, is removed from its receiver. In this mode, the seatback moves freely back and forth as there is nothing to prevent its movement back and forth. You use this movement to find the exact seatback angle for you and when you have, you release the handle and the pawl is reengaged and the seat is locked. (There are various safety features involved that assure you that your seatback will remain locked in position. While the pawl and receiver are quite sturdy, you cannot depend on them alone in a crash. So, there is at least one interlock device that engages when the pawl goes home. The interlock helps to "rigidize" the seatback so it doesn't move.)
What is happening in your car's case, though is this, the interlock may be broken so that even if the pawl releases from the receiver, which it apparently is doing, your seatback remains locked because the linkage between the handle, pawl and the interlock is not working. You will have to have the interlock (it could be that device) and its linkages repaired before the problem will clear up.
Posted on Jun 04, 2015
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